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The men were part of the RUC Operational Support Unit, which surveilled the Irish border along with the British Army. [85] The unmarked patrol car was on Main Street when it was hit by at least 20 shots from both sides of the road. In a follow up operation a British Army Lynx helicopter received automatic fire from an IRA unit. [86] [87]
British military personnel killed in The Troubles (Northern Ireland) as a result of their service in Operation Banner Pages in category "British military personnel killed in The Troubles (Northern Ireland)"
Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007, as part of the Troubles. It was the longest continuous deployment in British military history .
Operation Banner resulted in over 700 British Armed Forces deaths and 303 police deaths at the hands of native Irish Republicans. 307 people were killed by the British troops, about 51% of whom were civilians and 42% of whom were members of republican paramilitaries.
On 14–15 August, British troops were deployed in Operation Banner in Derry and Belfast to restore order, [104] but did not try to enter the Bogside, bringing a temporary end to the riots. Ten people had been killed, [ 105 ] among them Rooney (the first child killed by police during the conflict), [ 106 ] and 745 had been injured, including ...
The deaths from landmine attacks would further decline in 1974 with just seven deaths & even less in 1975 with just four deaths. ... Operation Banner 1969 - 2007 by ...
Six attackers gathered on the same spot afterwards. The IRA men were intercepted by the SAS as they were trying to dump the lorry and escape in cars in the car park of Clonoe Roman Catholic church, whose roof was set on fire by Army flares. Two IRA men escaped from the scene, but the four named above were killed. One British soldier was wounded ...
The Clonoe Ambush was a military action between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that occurred during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.On 16 February 1992, an IRA unit which had attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) security base in the village of Coalisland in County Tyrone, was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the grounds ...